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PAGE 2A THE BANKS COUNTY NEWS • THE COMMERCE NEWS WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2016 Top engineer Nathan A. Hester, an engineer who recently joined the Jackson County Water and Sewerage Authority, was recently named “Young Civil Engineer of the Year” for Georgia by the American Society of Civil Engineers. Hester has a master of science degree in environmental engineering from the University of Georgia and a bachelor of science degree in civil engineering technology from Southern Polytechnic State University. He has designed various infrastructure projects, including water distribution and wastewater collection sys tems. Free car show and movie set in Maysville Saturday The Maysville Community Improvement Club will hold a car show and movie on Saturday, Sept. 10, in the city park down town. Both events are free. The car show begins at 5 p.m., with the movie to follow at dark. Grand opening planned at St. Vincent de Paid store St. Vincent de Paul will hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony and customer appreciation day this week at its new thrift store at 200 Homer Road in Commerce (the former Bi Lo building). The store will celebrate its grand opening with a ribbon-cut ting ceremony Friday, Sept. 9, at 9:45 a.m. Then, on Saturday, Sept. 10, St. Vincent de Paul will observe Customer Appreciation Day from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. with free hot dogs and “retail specials priced to say ‘Thank you,’” according to a flyer for the event. PIE workshop to be offered on Wednesday, Sept. 28 The Jackson County Area Chamber of Commerce will hold its annual Partners In Education workshop on Wednesday, Sept. 28, from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Jackson EMC. The workshop is free. Lunch will be provided, but registra tion is required. The Partners In Education Workshop brings the business community together with the school systems. The relationship between the two is critical for our community. The PIE work shop hosts business partners and school faculty and staff for an overview of Jackson County’s three school systems and a session of best practices. It also gives the school systems an opportunity to let businesses know how they can help as well as thank them for their support of education. Chamber members should register online. If they are not able to sign in using their email address, they should use the non-member sign-in. Contact Briana Burgess at the chamber office (706-387-0300) for information, to get set up to use the online registration feature or to help sponsor the program. $ 5 00 0FF Ticket Ot‘2CP° Or More. Valid with coupon Mon.-Thurs. only. La Hacienda Commerce La Hacienda Braselton 173 Steven B. Tanger Blvd. 5391 Highway 53 706-335-7458 706-654-0070 |^T/ie Original Mexican Restaurant! Not affiliated with any other restaurant.^j J I Bray Construction, Inc. • New Homes • Remodeling • Vinyl Siding • Masonry Work • Concrete Finishing (706) 789-2313 Please recycle this newspaper SBA offers loans to businesses affected by summer drought The U.S. Small Busi ness Administration (SBA) announced last week that federal Economic Injury Disaster Loans are available to small businesses, small agricultural cooperatives, small businesses engaged in aquaculture and private non profit organizations located in drought-stricken areas of Georgia. This disaster declaration includes Barrow, Bartow, Clarke, Floyd, Greene, Haber sham, Haralson, Jackson, Madison, Morgan, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Paulding, Polk, Rabun, Towns, Union, Wal ton and White counties. “When the Secretary of Agriculture issues a disaster declaration to help farmers recover from damages and losses to crops, the Small Business Administration issues a declaration to eligi ble entities affected by the same disaster,” said Frank Skaggs, director of SBA’s Field Operations Center East in Atlanta. Under this declaration, the SBA’s Economic Injury Disaster Loan program is available to eligible farm-re lated and nonfarm-related entities that suffered financial losses as a direct result of the drought. With the exception of aquaculture enterprises, SBA cannot provide disaster loans to agricultural produc ers, farmers, or ranchers. Nurseries are eligible to apply for economic injury disaster loans for losses caused by drought conditions. The loan amount can be up to $2 million, with interest rates of 2.625 per cent for private nonprofit organizations and 4 percent for small businesses, with terms up to 30 years. The SBA determines eligibility based on the size of the applicant, type of activity and its financial resources. Loan amounts and terms are set by the SBA and are based on each applicant’s financial condition. These working capital loans may be used to pay fixed debts, payroll, accounts payable, and other bills that could have been paid had the disaster not occurred. The loans are not intended to replace lost sales or profits. Applicants may apply online using the Electron ic Loan Application (ELA) via SBA’s secure website at https:// disasterloan.sba.gov/ ela. Disaster loan information and application forms may also be obtained by calling the SBA’s Customer Ser vice Center at 800-659-2955 (800-877-8339 for the deaf and hard-of-hearing) or by sending an email to disaster- customerservice@sba.gov. Loan applications can be downloaded from the SBA’s website at www.sba.gov/ disaster. Completed applica tions should be mailed to: U.S. Small Business Admin istration, Processing and Disbursement Center, 14925 Kingsport Road, Fort Worth, TX 76155. Completed loan applica tions must be returned to SBA no later than April 18, 2017. Tanger, Northridge team up to raise funds for Cancer Foundation Tanger Outlets and Northridge Medical Center have announced that they are partnering for the second year to host a fundraising event on Sept. 29 to benefit the Can cer Foundation of Northeast Georgia. The “PINK FASH ION GALA’ will take place on Thursday Sept. 29, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Tanger Out let Center in Commerce. The evening will consist of a cock tail hour featuring appetizers and treats, a silent auction, all followed by a fashion show. Tickets to the “PINK FASHION GALA’ will cost $20 and will go on sale beginning Aug. 1 at both Tanger Outlets and the Northridge Medical Center. According to Tanger Out lets general manager Mark Valentine, Q-100-FM Radio has signed on to be the media sponsor and mid-day on-air personality Rachel Ryan will on hand and will play a role in the program as emcee. One hundred percent of the proceeds will go directly to cancer patients and their families through the Cancer Foundation of Northeast Georgia. The mission of the foundation is to alleviate the financial burden of cancer for eligible patients. “Our committee has been working very hard in plan ning for this year’s event since January and we are very excited about putting on another extraordinary event where the community can come together, have a won derful evening out, and help raise money for a very worthy cause,” said Tricia Massey director of outreach for the Northridge Medical Center. “We received such great feed back from last year’s event; we just couldn’t wait to do it again.” The fashion show will include a combination of pro fessional models from Atlan ta, local business persons and school teachers, and will feature local cancer survivors. The show will be produced by Poshe Productions, a top fashion and entertainment company based in Atlanta. According to Valentine, several local businesses have already signed on to co-sponsor the event. Spon sors include: Q-100, Certa- Pro Painters, Denyse Signs, Mastercraft Stucco, Town of Braselton, EMC Security Advanced Stanchions, Jack- son EMC, Swirlee’s Frozen Yogurt and Legacy Land scape Management. Addi tional sponsorship informa tion can be obtained by con tacting either Tricia Massey at Northridge Medical Center or Mark Valentine at Tanger Outlets. Tickets can be purchased in advance at the following locations: •Tanger Outlets, 800 Ste ven B. Tanger Blvd., Com merce; Shopper Services Center - Suite 201 •Northridge Medical Cen ter 70 Medical Center Dr., Commerce; administrative offices and hospital gift shop FOR INFORMATION ABOUT CANCER, INFORMATION ON SERVICES AND PROGRAMS, CALL THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY 24 HOURS A DAY 7DAYS A WEEK 1-800-227-2345 OR VISIT ONLINE AT WWW.CANCER.ORG J*E A i r n ,2 Sausage Biscuits, . J ; $3.33 ' l ( Commerce Location Only • Expires 9/30/16 J r Buy 1 r Off I 1 Free / |I>A I I Smoothies 11 Any Comb<pjg|! i i c 1 v - k w I l l i f Commerce Location Only • Expires 9/30/16 j L — — — — J 463 S. Elm St. • Downtown Commerce 706-335-9197 $5 Buck Lunch 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. City of Maysville CURRENT 2015 TAX DIGEST AND 5 YEAR HISTORY OF LEVY The City of Maysville does hereby announce that the millage rate will be set at a meeting to be held at 4 Homer Street on Friday, September 16, 2016, 7:45 a.m. and pursuant to the requirements of the O.C.G.A. Section the following presen tation of the current year’s tax digest and levy, along with the history of the tax digest and levy for the past five years. BANKS JACKSON BANKS JACKSON BANKS JACKSON BANKS JACKSON Banks Jackson 2012 2012 2013 2013 2014 2014 2015 2015 2016 2016 Real & Personal 20,037.162 22,557,841 19,938,207 22,232,085 19,793,186 19,287,042 19,424,822 20,561,605 18,889,813 20,464,439 Motor Vehicles 1.270.740 1,209,700 1,008,410 1,269,190 835,320 1,542,580 685,080 1,236,500 591,720 924,800 Mobile Homes 148,424 98,984 142,060 92,549 132,145 103,043 132,654 97,100 122,077 78,693 Timber -100% Heavy Duty Equipment Gross Digest 21,456,326 23,866,525 21,088,677 23,593,824 20,760,651 22,324,350 19,948,311 23,745,020 19,426,638 23,863,436 Less M & O Exemptions 934,396 3,414,031 799,938 3,405,084 782,466 3.037,308 523,489 3,183,415 536,825 3,398,997 Net M & O Digest 20,521,930 20,452,494 20,288,739 20,188,740 19,978,185 19,287,042 19,424,822 20,561,605 18,889,813 20,464,439 Gross M & O Millage 5.97 7.43 7.65 7.65 7.17 7.17 7.41 7.41 7.62 7.62 Adjusted Net M & O Digest 20,521,930 20,452,494 20,288,739 20,188,740 19,978,185 19,287,042 19,424,822 20,561,605 18,889,813 20,464,439 Less Rollbacks 5.66 5.66 7.02 6.375 6.43 6.75 6.9 6.72 7.09 6.64 Net M & O Millage 0.65 1.764 0.631 1.293 0.74 0.42 0.51 0.69 0.53 0.98 Total City Taxes Levied $12,352 $36,755 $20,289 $26,104 $14,784 $8,100.56 $9,907 $14,187.51 10,011.60 20,055.15 Net Taxes S Increase ($1,026) ($762) $7,937 ($10,651) ($5,505) ($18,003) ($4,877) $6,087 104.60 5,868 Net Taxes % Increase •3.42% -2.03% 64.25% -28.98% -27.13% •68.97% •32.99% 75.14% 0.016 41.36%
